Help310:Components Contact Manager Options

Provides an method to apply global parameters to all contacts.

How to Access

On Contact Manager: Contacts, click Options button at top. The Options button is available on Contacts and Categories.

Description

Contact Options configuration allows setting of parameters used globally for all contacts.

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Details

Click the Options button to open the Contact Manager Options window which lets you configure this component.

Contacts Tab

These settings apply for single Contact unless they are changed for a specific menu item or Contact

• Choose a layout. Default layout to use for articles.
• Choose Category. If 'Hide', the Contact Category will not show. If 'Show Without Link', Category will show as text. If 'Show With Link', Category will show as a link to a Single Category Menu Item.

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• Show Contact List. If 'Show', the user will be able to change which contact is shown by selecting a contact from a drop-down list of all contacts in the current contact category.
• Display format. Determines the style used to display sections of the contact form.
• Name. Show name of the contact.
• Contact's Position. Show or Hide position.
• Email. Show or Hide contact email.
• Street Address. Show or Hide street address.
• City or Suburb. Show or hide city or suburb.
• State or County. Show or Hide state or county.
• Postal Code. Show or Hide postal or zip code.
• Country. Show or Hide Country.
• Telephone. Show or Hide telephone number.
• Mobile phone. Show or Hide mobile number.
• Fax. Show or Hide fax number.
• Webpage. Show or hide webpage.
• Misc. Information. Show or Hide miscellaneous information.
• Image. Show or Hide image.
• Image. Choose the image file to use for the contact.
• vCard. Whether or not to allow export to vCard format.
• Show User Articles. Show User Articles::If this contact is mapped to a user, and if this is set to Show, then a list of articles created by this user will show.
• Show Profile. Show Profile.
• Show Links. Show Links.
• Link A Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link B Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link C Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link D Label. An additional link for this contact.
• Link E Label. An additional link for this contact.

Icons Tab

These settings apply for single Contact unless they are changed for a specific menu item or Contact

• Settings. Choose whether to display icons, text or nothing next to the information.
• Address Icon. Select the Address icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
• Email Icon. Select the Email icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
• Telephone Icon. Select the Telephone icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
• Mobile Icon. Select the Mobile icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
• Fax Icon. Select the Fax icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.
• Misc Icon. Select the Misc icon. If none selected, the default icon will be displayed.

Category Tab

Category Options control how contacts will show when you drill down to a Category to view its contacts.

• Choose a layout. (Blog/List/user defined). This lets you select the default layout to show when you click on a Category link. If you create an alternative layout for a category layout, you may select that as the default.
• Category Title. (Hide/Show) Hide or Show the title of the category.
• Category Description. (Hide/Show) Hide or Show the description for the category.
• Category Image. (Hide/Show) Hide or Show the category image.
• Subcategory Levels. (None/All/1-5). Categories in Joomla can be created in a hierarchy. This lets you control how many levels of subcategories to show when showing a category view.
• Empty Categories. (Hide/Show) Hide or Show categories that don't contain any articles or subcategories.
• Subcategories Descriptions. (Hide/Show) Hide or Show the descriptions for subcategories that are shown.
• # Contacts in Category. Show or Hide the number of Contacts in category.
• Show Tags. Show or Hide the tags for a single category.

Categories Tab

These settings apply for Contact Categories Options unless they are changed for a specific menu item. Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions

• # Contacts in Category. Show or Hide the number of Contacts in category.

List Layouts Tab

These settings apply for Contact List Options unless they are changed for a specific menu item. Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions

• Position. Show or Hide a Position column in the list of Contacts.
• Email. Show or Hide an Email column in the list of Contacts.
• Phone. Show or Hide a Phone column in the list of Contacts.
• Mobile. Show or Hide show a Mobile column in the list of Contacts.
• Fax. Show or Hide a Fax column in the list of Contacts.
• City or Suburb. Show or Hide a City or Suburb column in the list of Contacts.
• State. Show or Hide a State column in the list of Contacts.
• Country. Show or Hide a Country column in the list of Contacts.

Form Tab

These settings apply for single Contact unless they are changed for a specific menu item or Contact.

• Show Contact Form. Show or Hide contact form.
• Send Copy to Submitter. Hide or Show checkbox to allow copy of email to be sent to submitter.
• Banned Email. Email addresses not allowed to submit information with the contact form.
• Banned Subject. Subjects not allowed in contact form.
• Banned Text. Text not allowed in contact form body.
• Session Check. Check for the existence of session cookie. This means that users without cookies enabled will not be able to send emails.
• Custom Reply. Turns off the automated reply, allowing for Plugins to handle integration with other systems.
• Contact Redirect. Enter an alternative email address, where information will be sent to.

Integration Tab

These settings determine how the Contact Component will integrate with other extensions. Chunk30:ComponentOptions Chunk30:ComponentOptions

Permissions Tab

• Edit Own. Grants users the right to edit any content they submitted in this extension.

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